必着(ひっちゃく)

ひっちゃく
noun
must arrive by (a deadline)
1. must arrive by; required arrival by a deadline
Indicates that a document, application, or item must physically arrive at the destination by a specified date. Contrasts with 消印有効(けしいんゆうこう), where the postmark date counts.
応募(おうぼ)は十月(じゅうがつ)三十一日(さんじゅういちにち)必着(ひっちゃく)です。
Applications must arrive by October 31.
書類(しょるい)は金曜日(きんようび)必着(ひっちゃく)でお送(おく)りください。
Please send the documents so they arrive by Friday.
必着(ひっちゃく)の締(し)め切(き)りに間(ま)に合(あ)うよう、速達(そくたつ)で送(おく)った。
I sent it by express mail to make the must-arrive deadline.

USAGE:
A compound of 必(ひっ) (must, certainly) and 着(ちゃく) (arrival). Very common in application deadlines for jobs, contests, government forms, and university admissions. Always used with a date to specify when the item must arrive.

IMPORTANT CONTRAST:

  • 必着(ひっちゃく): the item must physically arrive by the date
  • 消印有効(けしいんゆうこう): valid if postmarked by the date — more lenient, as only the mailing date matters

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 〜日(にち)必着(ひっちゃく) (must arrive by ~ date)
  • 必着(ひっちゃく)で送(おく)る (to send for required arrival)
  • 必着(ひっちゃく)の締(し)め切(き)り (a must-arrive deadline)
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